China's 6th-Gen J-36 Fighter-Bomber to Feature Combat Laser

China's 6th-Gen J-36 Fighter-Bomber to Feature Combat Laser en.defence-ua.com

While U.S. ground- and ship-based combat lasers currently operate in the tens of kilowatts, China is developing an airborne laser with a power output in the hundreds of kilowatts. This will transform the J-36 into an…

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MiroslavPokorny10 days ago

China of all people should have learnt that planes with humans of all kinds are over because of drones and missiles.

motionlessveloc10 days ago

The laser is there specifically to shoot at the drones and missiles.

MiroslavPokorny10 days ago

Lasers dont work.

Every major power has tried for a long time to build lasers on ships and they have all abandoned their work because of physics.

Havoc10 days ago

Ah that’s likely why they added a third engine

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